Rauðhólar (Reykjavík)
The Rauðhólar () are remnants of a cluster of rootless cones in Elliðaárhraun lava fields on the south-eastern outskirts of Reykjavík, Iceland next to the South Iceland part of Hringvegur, the Suðurlandsvegur. Name The name Rauðhólar means “Red Mounds”.Thor Thordarson, Armann Hoskuldsson: Iceland. Classic geology of Europe 3. Harpenden 2002, p. 55 It refers to the reddish color of their rocks due to iron oxidations. Some other volcanic cone groups in Iceland also bear the name of Rauðhólar (see eg. Rauðhólar (Vesturdalur)). Geography The cone group is situated not far from Reykjavík’s district of Norðlingaholt and between the Hringvegur and the lake Elliðavatn. Sometimes the rootless cone group is also called Rauðhólar við/near Elliðavatn.Þorleifur Einarsson: Geology of Iceland. Rocks and landscape. Reykjavík 1991, p. 78 The cones are placed directly over the connected lava flow, in this case the Elliðaárhraun, which has a width of about 2&nb ...
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